1716 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1716 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Lord Lieutenant of North Wales – Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – vacant
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – John Morgan (of Rhiwpera)
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – vacant
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby
- Bishop of Bangor – John Evans Benjamin Hoadly
- Bishop of Llandaff – John Tyler
- Bishop of St Asaph – John Wynne
- Bishop of St Davids – Adam Ottley
Events
- January John Evans, Bishop of Bangor, is translated to Meath in Ireland, leaving Wales without any Welsh-speaking bishops for a prolonged period.
- 27 July Griffith Jones becomes rector of Llanddowror, under the patronage of his brother-in-law Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet.
- 9 November – In London, Caroline of Ansbach, Princess of Wales, gives birth to a stillborn son, Prince Augustus George of Wales.
Arts and literature
New books
- Myles Davies – Athenae Britannicae
- Welsh translation of works by Tertullian and Cyprian, probably by John Morgan of Matchin
Births
- date unknown – Henry Owen, theologian
- probable – Howel Davies, Methodist clergyman
Deaths
- 26 January – Daniel Williams, theologian, 72?
- 8 May – Thomas Allgood I, originator of the japanning industry at Pontypool and Usk
- 29 June – Richard Lucas, clergyman and writer, 65
- 29 September – David Edwards, Independent minister, 56
- date unknown – Howell Powell, Congregational minister